Ekawaaz- One VoiceEkawaaz- One VoiceNews, Views, and Reviews. .”Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” Articles
Traditional marriage vows ?could be used to justify wife bea
2006-10-04 06:42:02 As far as I know and I am sure any other normal human being also knows that beating a women can not be justified in any religion or in any court. Who ever beats women whether she is Wife , Sister, Mother or Aunt they are evil. Guys who thinks religions allows them to beat women are dumb, because even if we think in normal way we know that from our heart that beating women can not be justified in any circumstances. The traditional marriage vows in which the bride promises to “obey” her husband could be used by men to justify domestic violence, a Church of England report said yesterday. The report, backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, accused the Church of failing at “many points” to prevent abuse. It said that theological ideas such as male “headship” had been enshrined in the marriage service and could be misinterpreted as supporting the idea that the wife should submit to the husband. technorati tags: Christianity, Church, ... More About: Marriage , Tradition , Just , Arri
British Asians or British Hindu?
2006-10-04 06:42:02 HINDUS living in Britain do not want to be described as ?Asia n?, according to a big government sponsored research in Britain. Instead, they want to be known as British Indian, British Hindu ? or even Desi, a Hindi word growing in popularity with the young that means being rooted in one?s home country. UK Hindus want to be called `British Hindus’ or `British Indians’ By Mike Lockey, London, Sept 25: Government-sponsored research in Britain has revealed that Hindus in the UK prefer to be called “British Hindus” or “British Indians” rather than “British Asian s”. As a result of these findings, some leading British Asians , amongst them being the novelist Hari Kunzru and South Asian Women Unite’s Amrit Wilson, have been reported as saying that the research could foment social divisions between Hindus and Muslims. Good to see this report and glad to know that UK Government is planning to do some thing for Hindu & Sikh community i...
Update: Turks hijack plane
2006-10-04 06:42:02 Italian F-16s intercept hijacked airliner: report ROME - A hijacked Turkish airliner was intercepted by two Italian F-16s and forced to land in the eastern city of Brindisi, the ANSA news agency reported. technorati tags: Islam, Terrorism, Turkey, Europe, Pope, Religion, Islamic, Current, Affairs, Politics, More About: Update , Lane , Jack , Plane , Plan
Update: Turks hijack plane
2006-10-04 06:42:02 Nobody hurt on hijacked plane: Turkish Airlines ANKARA - The chairman of Turkish Airlines THYAO.IS on Tuesday confirmed the hijacking of a plane that had been travelling to Istanbul from the Albanian capital Tirana and said none of the passengers had been hurt. technorati tags: Islam, Terrorism, Turkey, Europe, Pope, Religion, Islamic, Current, Affairs, Politics, More About: Update , Lane , Jack , Plane , Plan
Islam World Will Be Relieved If Pope Makes Full Apology, Erd
2006-10-03 18:39:05 The Islam world will be relieved if the Pop e makes a full apology,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. So what you people want ?Pope should come to you Bow his Head and Say Sorry Sorry Sorry three time? Rubbish! Pope has already said sorryVatican has issued official Apology. Pope shouldn’t be sorry on very first place because its not his personal views, his remarks was from one context which was said by some one nearly 700 years ago. Some hardcore Muslims leaders are just trying to ignore Vatican clarification and Pope Apology. Instead of creating and bridging the gap, they are busy in creating tension and hatred among each other. Muslim world should forgive and forget the whole unpleasant episode and they must demonstrate by their behavior that their faith really teaches and practice Peace! Stop Blame Game! FUNDAMENTALISM- On fundamentalism, Erdogan said, “fundamentalism is a problem in every religion. But, there is no fundamentalist threat in ... More About: World , Will
Afzal?s hanging may be put on hold
2006-10-03 18:39:05 How the hell people can ask clemency for this terrorist? He has committed serious crime, attacked Indian entity (parliament), Killed innocents Indians. No mercy for this bloody terrorist. New Delhi, October 3: The execution of Afzal Guru may not take place on October 20 as scheduled as his family filed a mercy petition with President A P J Abdul Kalam in the midst of the raging controversy over a reprieve for the Parliament terror attack convict. This follows the Home Ministry receiving a copy of the mercy plea from the Rashtrapati Bhawan for scrutiny of all the aspects before it gives its opinion to the President who has to decide whether to grant him clemency, sources said. The Delhi government and the authorities in Tihar jail, where the execution is slated for October 20, have been informed about the receipt of the mercy petition, a procedure followed in almost in all cases to give adequate time for consideration of the petition, sources said. technorati tags: Islamic, Jiha... More About: Hold
Turks hijack plane to protest papal visit: NTV
2006-10-03 18:39:05 ANKARA - Two Turkish citizens hijacked a passenger plane on Tuesday to protest against Pope Benedict?s planned visit to Turkey in November, private television channel NTV reported, quoting police. More About: Papa , Lane , Jack , Protest , Test
Spaniards tone down exploding Mohammed at fiestas
2006-10-03 12:36:02 So you cant even celebrate or organise a festival because of fear of offending some particular segment of society? Spain hold annual festivals to commemorate the “Reconquista,” the reconquest of Spain by Christians from the Moors, which was completed in 1492 after more than 700 years of Muslim rule in much of the country. This is total Sad, last week Oprah got cancel now this, why the hell we need to change our custom and traditions? MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish villages are toning down traditional fiestas in which revelers blow up dummies representing the Prophet Mohammed for fear of offending Muslims, the newspaper El Pais reported on Monday. One eastern Spanish village, Bocairent, decided to abandon the custom of packing the head of a dummy representing Mohammed with fireworks after seeing the angry response by Muslims to a Danish newspaper’s publication last year of cartoons of him. El Pais found that several other villages in the Valencia region had also... More About: Fiesta , Down , Lodi , Fiestas
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) ISSUES FATWA TO KILL THE POPE: Report
2006-10-03 12:36:02 Why the hell Pakistani Government is not acting against this group? Anyone Listening? LET ISSUES FATWA TO KILL THE POPE INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO.133 By B.Raman Acting on behalf of the International Islamic Front (IIF) for Jihad Against the Crusaders and the Jewish People, which is headed by Osama bin Laden, the Markaz-ud-Dawa (MUD) of Pakistan, which is the political wing of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), is reported to have issued a Fatwa calling upon the Muslims to kill Pop e Benedict XVI for a recent speech of his delivered on September 12,2006, which has been projected as anti-Islam by Al Qaeda and other jihadi terrorist organisations of the world. 2. The issue of the MUD fatwa came a few days before the latest video message of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s No.2, in which he has made a severe attack on the Pope . 3. A report on the the MUD Fatwa to kill the Pope has been carried by the Pakistani journal “Ausaf” in its issue d... More About: Issues , Report , Port
New Miss World has NO Boyfriend
2006-10-03 12:36:02 Single and Searching? Fancy A Try? New Miss World has no boyfriend and adores Paris WARSAW: The new Miss World , blonde Czech 18-year-old Tatana Kucharova, currently has no boyfriend and adores Paris, she said on Sunday. “I don’t have a boyfriend and I haven’t yet the ideal man in my life. In any case I don’t think such a man exists,” Kucharova told journalists in Warsaw the day after her victory in the famous global beauty contest. Kucharova, who has grey-green eyes and measures 5 feet 10 inches is currently studying English and Spanish in Prague. She is also passionate about history and travelling. “She loves Paris, especially the sites concerned with Louis XIV. She spent two weeks in that city this summer visiting museums and art galleries,” her father Lubos Kuchar said. technorati tags: Sexy, Beauty, Missworld, SexyGirl More About: Boyfriend , Friend
Teacher on Run From Islam Threats
2006-10-03 12:36:02 Religion Of Peace? What happen to Freedom of Expression? and Freedom of Speech? Philosophers demand help for teacher on run from Islam threats INTELLECTUALS are rallying around a philosophy teacher forced into hiding after he wrote an article describing the Prophet Muhammad as a ruthless warlord and mass murderer. Robert Redeker, a writer who teaches at a lycée near Toulouse, has been under police protection, moving between secret addresses, since threats against him appeared on Islamist websites last week. His home address was published with calls to murder. ?You will never feel secure on this earth. One billion, 300 million Muslims are ready to kill you,? one message said. One threat came from a contributor to al- Hesbah, an internet forum that is viewed as a channel for al-Qaeda. Despite the threats the Government has offered M Redeker, 52, only limited support. More than 20 stars of the French intellectual world appealed yesterday to the Government to do more to help. ... More About: Cher , Teacher , Threats , Teac
Islamic Fundamentalists Threat to Turkey
2006-10-03 12:36:02 President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Talking Sense…? ANKARA, Oct 1: Turkey ?s president warned on Sunday of a continued fundamentalist threat to his country and said the military, the traditional guardians of the secular system, must be kept powerful. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer was speaking at the formal opening of the legislative year, his last address to parliament before he steps down as president in May 2007. His words appeared to be aimed at Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan?s government, which has Islam ic roots, and against the European Union which has been pressurising Turkey to curb the military?s powers. technorati tags: Islamic , Extremist, Turkey, Politics, Europe, Islam, Fun damentalist, Religion, Islamic, News, More About: Mental
Update: Pakistani prison asks for fresh date to hang Briton
2006-10-03 12:36:02 Musharraf rejects execution plea of Briton ISLAMABAD: The family of a British man due to be executed in Pakistan have received a bitter blow in their campaign to spare his life. Mirza Tahir Hussain?s family have pleaded with Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf to stop him from being hanged for murdering a taxi driver 18 years ago. But President Musharraf has rejected their pleas for a pardon. Mr Hussain was cleared of the crime by the criminal system but a separate religious court found him guilty. The 36-year-old, was just 18 when he left Leeds in December 1988 to visit relatives in Pakistan. More About: Update , Pakistani , Prison , Fresh
Pakistani prison asks for fresh date to hang Briton
2006-10-03 00:33:03 How Pakistan government can hang Mr.Hussain when his murder conviction has already been quashed earlier by Lahore court. Second when Lahore High Court already freed him and declared him non guilty earlier, how come Sharia Court found him guilty of the crimes he never committed? And the last thing I want to know did Mr.Hussain received fair trial under Sharia Court , I doubt it??under Sharia Law.. ISLAMABAD - Pakistani prison authorities asked a court on Monday to fix a new date for the execution of British man sentenced to hang in case that was raised by Prime Minister Tony Blair with President Pervez Musharraf last week. A British television channel had broadcast an interview with President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday in which the Pakistani leader said he would not reverse a court?s decision regarding Mirza Tahir Hussain. ?I?m not a dictator,? he said. ?I can?t violate a court judgement, whether you like the court or not,? Musharraf told ITV?s programme, ?The Sunday Editi... More About: Prison , Fresh , Riso
Alert: Airport security tightened after hijack threat
2006-10-03 00:33:03 VARANASI: Security at the airport here has been tightened in the wake of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba’s alleged plans to hijack a Nepal-bound aircraft, a senior CISF official said on Monday. The Central Industrial Security Force manning the Lal Bahadur Shastri airport has been put on maximum alert and the quick reaction team deployed to deal with any emergency, CISF commandant Rohitashva Kumar said. Similar security measures have also been taken at New Delhi and Kolkata airports from where flights for the Himalayan country originated in the wake of the intelligence inputs about LeT’s plan to hijack Nepal-bound aircraft, he said. Multi-layered security arrangements have been put in place at the airport here with the CISF personnel manning all sensitive points round-the-clock, he said. technorati tags: Jihad, India, Pakistan, Terrorism, SouthAsia, Islamic, Radical More About: Airport , Port , Jack , Alert
Breaking News:Fatal shooting at US Amish school
2006-10-03 00:33:03 A number of people have been shot dead in a gun attack at an Amish school in the US state of Pennsylvania. The attack happened at a one-room school in the town of Nickel Mines in Lancaster County. “There are a number of people dead,” Police Cpl Ralph Striebig said. “The exact number I do not know yet.” TV footage has shown dozens of emergency workers carrying victims on stretchers, watched by anxious members of the Amish community. The Amish are Anabaptist Christians who live away from the modern world, with restrictions on the use of modern devices such as cars and telephones. technorati tags: USA, US, News , More About: Breaking News , Break , School , Shooting
Mumbai blasts: ?No handing over of suspect, says Pak.?
2006-10-02 18:30:03 Same old story, I guess its a peak time for Indian government to show they are serious in handling terrorist and proxy war which is started by Pakistan against India. Islambad, Oct. 2 (PTI): A day after New Delhi said it would confront Islamabad with the evidence of its involvement in the Mumbai blasts, Pakistan today promised it will take action against any of its nationals having links with the attack if provided information about it, but would not hand over any suspect. If “India feels it is not propagandist and it feels that it has some information that suggests links with some people, some kind of connection, yes, we will take action and help India investigate,” Foreign Office spokesperson, Tasnim Aslam, told reporters here. However, she made it clear that Pakistan would not hand over anybody to India. “But at the same time, nobody would be handed over,” she said. She was asked about Indian Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon’s s... More About: Last , Over , Blast , Hand
Mohammad Cartoon on Norwegian TV
2006-10-02 18:30:03 Mohammad Cart oon will be shown again on Norwegian TV Channel on Monday night in a documentary ?Threatened to Silence? for the first time since it was published in Danish news paper last year which created biggest upset through out the Islamic world. Good to see, how Iran will react after this show as they had challenged the Europe week ago on freedom of speech and freedom of expression by organizing the Holocaust Cartoon Exhibition. Norwegian TV Channel TV 2 will show Mohammad cartoons. (VG Nett) This coming Monday the controversial Mohammad cartoons will be shown on Norwegian TV screens for the very first time. for full story go to News from Norway Published By Permission gandalf technorati tags: Islam, Islamic, Cartoon, Europe, Democracy, Current, Affairs, Mohammad, Islamism href=”http://www.technorati.com/tag s/Religion”>Religion More About: Mohammad
The glowing cross in Shillong
2006-10-02 06:27:03 ‘Miracles’ boost Indian Christians More than 100 years after the first waves of a great Welsh religious revival reached faraway north-eastern India, Christian church leaders are claiming a religious reawakening in the region. Leaders of the Presbyterian Church in the north-eastern Indian states of Meghalaya and Mizoram - sandwiched between Muslim Bangladesh and Buddhist Burma - say there have been miracles occurring. A church at Malki, in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong, has been receiving a steady stream of devotees ever since word spread that a cross here has been glowing and radiating the image of Lord Jesus. technorati tags: Christianity, India, Church, Religion, Lord, Jesus More About: Cross , Wing , Long , Hill , Glow
Pope lacking John Paul II?s grand gestures in reaching out t
2006-10-02 06:27:03 I guess analysts gone crazy, by saying “Pop e Benedict XVI has failed to heal the rift created by his recent comments on Islam due to a lack of the kind of grand gesture mastered by the more media-savvy John Paul II”. Let me clear it?s not his fault that some radicals didn?t understand his remarks was from one context which was said by some one nearly 700 years ago and that?s remarks is not his personal view. Even Now that the Vatican has genuinely apologized and is seeking to build bridges with Islam, Some hardcore Muslims leaders are just trying to ignore Vatican clarification Pope Apology. Instead of creating and bridging the gap, they are busy in creating tension and hatred among each other. Muslim world should forgive and forget the whole unpleasant episode and they must demonstrate by their behavior that their faith really teaches and practice Peace! Stop Blame Game! VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has failed to heal the rift created by his recent comments o... More About: King
Muslims in Europe do not pose threat to European values: stu
2006-10-02 06:27:03 This is interesting, then who pose the threat to Euro pe an values? because it is for sure that we are loosing core basic European values…… New York, October 1: The 15 million Muslim s residing in Europe today do not pose a threat to European values or politics given the extent of their myriad divisions and internal fragmentation, a new study has said. This conclusion contradicts analysts and policymakers who after 9/11 fear the impact of Muslims on European politics and policy based on the assumption that a Muslim bloc will soon emerge to dominate the foreign and domestic policies of European states if nothing is done to prevent it. The findings of the study, co-authored by political scientists Carolyn M Warner and Manfred W Wenner at Arizona State University and entitled ?Religion and the Political Organization of Muslims in Europe? appeared in Perspectives on Politics, a journal of the American Political Science Association (APSA). ?Western fears and criticisms are pa...
Terror trainer Cheema lives in Pak fortress
2006-10-02 06:27:03 Good to see how soon Pakistan decline this claim….. MUMBAI: One of the strongest links of the 7/11 blasts to Pakistan is Azam Cheema, who is in charge of training recruits for the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba, say the Mumbai police and Indian intelligence agencies which took nearly three months to piece together the jigsaw. Almost everyone arrested for the blasts has been trained by him, say the police. “Cheema, who is in his early fifties, lives in a palatial house in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, which is guarded like a fortress. He moves around with dozens of heavily armed bodyguards and escort cars. Every now and then, he makes trips to Islamabad to meet VIPs,” Mumbai police commissioner A N Roy said on Sunday. It was in the LeT?s training camp at Bahawalpur that Faisal Shaikh (30), the LeT?s Western Indian commander, was trained. “Faisal was Cheema?s favourite student and wanted to stay back in Pakistan. But Cheema sent him back, saying tha... More About: Terror , Rainer , Rain , Train , Live
When Hindus wear the burkha
2006-10-02 00:27:02 Are we all gone crazy? India a Secular country or Islamic Country? Malti Laad is looking forward to going shopping with her friends next week. It’s Ramzan after all, and, she points out, “Hamari Diwali bhi to hai.” As the group of veiled women samples the goodies on Mohammed Ali Road, they will help Malti buy what’s on top of her Diwali shopping list: a black burkha. The one she wears now belongs to the school where she teaches. As Malti talks to me inside the school’s air-conditioned audio-visual room, a middle-aged, bearded male enters announcing his presence with a loud “excuse me”. Without a pause in the conversation, Malti pulls down her double-layered naqaab (face veil). As I try to adjust to the pair of kohl-lined eyes that this jovial 23-year-old has suddenly transformed into, the man walks towards us with glasses of water, his head turned firmly away from us. The Al-Jamiatul-Fikriya Islamic English School in central Mumbai, which ... More About: Burkha , When , Hindu , Wear
We Got Proof India Tells Pak To Act
2006-10-02 00:27:02 Pakistan is waging a war against India , and India would be quite withing its right to do whatever it takes to defeat its enemy. So far 15 people have been arrested, including 11 Pakistanis, but our Indian Government still saying Pakistan is our friends and we need to talk to solve the problem. RUBBISH… New Delhi, October 1: India said it would give Pakistan evidence its investigators found to link Pakistan’s ISI and an extremist group based there to deadly bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 186 people in July. The comments by the new Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, came a day after police in Mumbai, the country’s financial hub, said they had solid proof that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency had masterminded the carnage. “We will judge them not by immediate reactions or verbal statements (but) by what they actually do about terrorism,” Menon said. “It seems to me logical that the mechanism has to deal with this kind ... More About: Proof , Roof , Tells
In The Line Of Fireâ?? A Memoir
2006-10-01 06:21:02 Pakistan is again on front pages of all major tabloids and television all over world, not because of any terrorist link or Taliban â??s but because of his own President revelation of some secret to sell his books and make some good money as he realize that his â??political demiseâ?? is near. read more | digg story More About: Fire , Line , Memo , Memoir
Tesco takes on Microsoft in battle for software market
2006-10-01 06:21:02 That’s interesting, Only time will tell how much competition Tesco can give to Giant software House “Microsoft ”. Lets hope for the best… Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, will go head-to-head with Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, by entering the £8.5bn computer software market. The retailer will launch Tesco-branded software in 100 stores this month. An initial range of six products, which will include office software and security suites, will sell for less than £20 each, massively undercutting rivals’ prices. Microsoft Office sells for up to £300. More About: Software , Market , War , Ware
Playing a cunning game of survival in the war zone
2006-10-01 06:21:02 He is gone Mad, he knows very well his political career is about to finish. So Presdent Musharraf probably thought to write a book and make some Dollars in hurry. He feels, being an army man he did not expect to be questioned on what he wrote or could not be asked to produce proof. Since he is not a democratically elected leader who feels his hands are tied by the constraints of a democratic system, he does not have to worry about the direct or indirect consequence of his words. The book might have boosted President financial standing but it had neither served the cause of truth nor the interests of your own country. Pervez Musharraf was, by his own admission, a naughty child. His discovery that an unfiltered cigarette made an efficient time fuse led him and some friends to construct firecracker bombs that exploded deafeningly in rubbish bins and mail boxes outside the houses of school staff. ?There was utter confusion,? he recalled with satisfaction. Old habits die hard, it seems... More About: The War , Play , War , Game , Survival
Reid fights to end torture shield for terror suspects
2006-10-01 06:21:02 Yeah I agree with you Mr.Reid , we need secure and safe society. Terror ist are terrorist they haven’t got any value for other human beings, so why should be they get protection under Human Rights? Well done implement the law ASAP… JOHN REID, the home secretary, is heading for a showdown with the judiciary over plans to strip some terror suspects of the automatic right to be protected from torture. Reid is preparing a new anti-terror law that would sideline human rights legislation protecting suspects from torture if ministers ruled there were ?overriding considerations of national security?. The move is aimed at foreign terrorist suspects, including 32 detained in prison without charge or being monitored on strict bail conditions. Despite Tony Blair?s pledge after last year?s suicide bombings in London to deport them, not one has been forcibly sent home because of legal fears that they might face torture on their return. More About: Fights , Fight , Torture
Film ?shows two 9/11 pilots reading wills?: Report
2006-10-01 06:21:02 Surprised to be honest….How come tabloid got the video? Well I just hope and pray that this video will help to answer many unanswered question. LONDON: A British newspaper claimed it had obtained a copy of a film showing two of the pilots in the September 11 2001 attacks reading martyrdom wills at Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden’s headquarters. The newspaper reported that the video showed Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker who flew the first plane into New York’s World Trade Center, with Ziad Jarrah, pilot of a plane, which crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers apparently stormed the cockpit. According to the paper, the well-groomed pair are shown laughing and smiling in the January 2000 film but turn solemn when Atta starts reading a document marked “the will” in Arabic. Jarrah also reads his will on film. The hour-long tape, which has no soundtrack and which lipreaders have been unable to decipher, was obtained through “a previously tested chan... More About: Reading , Film , Pilots , Show , Report
Czech Republic?s Tatana is Miss World
More articles from this author:2006-10-01 06:21:02 Many Many Congrats….She looks cute and too hot to handle..:) An international judging panel and global public vote picks six continental Miss World s. Czech Republic came through to win the coveted crown as Miss World 2006, in a glittering and star-studded ceremony at the Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, tonight. Czech Republic was crowned Miss World out of 104 beautiful and talented contestants, with Romania named first runner-up, followed by Australia as second runner-up. In a last minute twist, the judges were unable to decide between contestants in the Asia Pacific continental group, so three girls from that group went through to the final 17 semi finalists, not the proposed 16. Tonight, Ghana was also announced as the winner of the Beauty With A Purpose Award. An impressive cast of international stars and music artists ensured that the 56th Miss World Final was a dazzling event of global proportions. More About: Public 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
 |
|
 |
